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WOMENCreation of, Gen. 1:27; 2:21, 22.
Named, Gen. 2:23.
Fall of, and curse upon, Gen. 3:1-16; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14.
Promise to, Gen. 3:15.
Had separate apartments in dwellings, Gen. 24:67; 31:33; Esth. 2:9, 11.
Veiled the face, Gen. 24:65; See: Vail.
Vows of, Num. 30:3-16.
When jealously charged with infidelity, guilt or iocence to be determined by trial, Num. 5:12-31.
Took part in ancient worship, Ex. 15:20, 21; 38:8; 1 Sam. 2:22; in choir, 1 Chr. 25:5, 6; Ezra 2:65; Neh. 7:67.
Worshiped in separate compartments, Ex. 38:8; 1 Sam. 2:22.
Consecrated jewels to tabernacle, Ex. 35:22; mirrors, Ex. 38:8.
Required to attend reading of the law, Deut. 31:12; Josh. 8:35.
Purifications of: After menstruation, Lev. 15:19-33; 2 Sam. 11:4; childbirth, Lev. 12; Luke 2:22.
Difference in ceremonies made between male and female children, Lev. 12.
Religious privileges of, among early Christians, Acts 1:14; 12:12, 13; 1 Cor. 11:5; 14:34; 1 Tim. 2:11.
Domestic duties of, Gen. 18:6; Prov. 31:15-19; Matt. 24:41.
Cooked, Gen. 18:6; spun, Ex. 35:25, 26; 1 Sam. 2:19; Prov. 31:19-24; embroidered, Prov. 31:22.
Made garments, Acts 9:39.
Gleaned, Ruth 2:8.
Kept vineyards, Song 1:6.
Tended flocks and herds, Gen. 24:11, 13, 14, 19, 20; 29:9; Ex. 2:16.
Worked in fields, Isa. 27:11; Ezek. 26:6, 8.
Was doorkeeper, Matt. 26:69; John 18:16, 17; Acts 12:13, 14.
Forbidden to wear men's clothing, Deut. 22:5.
Wore hair long, 1 Cor. 11:5-15.
Rules for dress of Christian, 1 Tim. 2:9, 10; 1 Pet. 3:3, 4.
Ornaments of, Isa. 3:16-23.
Weaker than men, 1 Pet. 3:7.
Are timid, Isa. 19:16; Jer. 50:37; 51:30; Nah. 3:13; affectionate, 2 Sam. 1:26; tender to her offspring, Isa. 49:15; Lam. 4:10; dancing, Judg. 11:34; 21:21; Jer. 31:13; Zech. 9:17; courteous to strangers, Gen. 24:17.
Could not marry without consent of parents, Gen. 24:3, 4; 34:6; Ex. 22:17.
Not to be given in marriage considered a calamity, Judg. 11:37; Psa. 78:63; Isa. 4:1.
Taken captive, Num. 31:9, 15, 17, 18, 35; Lam. 1:18; Ezek. 30:17, 18.
Shrewd, 2 Sam. 20:16-22.
Punishment to be inflicted on men for seducing, when betrothed, Deut. 22:23-27.
Punishment for seducing, when not betrothed, Ex. 22:16, 17; Deut. 22:28, 29.
Treated with cruelty in war, Deut. 32:25; Lam. 2:21; 5:11.
Virtuous, held in high estimation, Ruth 3:11; Prov. 31:10-30.
Fond of self-indulgence, Isa. 32:9-11; of ornaments, Jer. 2:32.
Subtle and deceitful, Prov. 6:24-29, 32-35; 7:6-27; Eccl. 7:26.
Silly, and easily led into error, 2 Tim. 3:6.
Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry, Jer. 7:18; Ezek. 13:17, 23.
Active in instigating iniquity, Num. 31:15, 16; 1 Kin. 21:25; Neh. 13:26.
Guilty of sodomy, 2 Kin. 23:7; Rom. 1:26.
As rulers, Isa. 3:12; Deborah, Judg. 4:4; Athaliah, 2 Kin. 11:1-16; 2 Chr. 22:2, 3, 10-12; Queen of Sheba, 1 Kin. 10:1-13; Candace, Acts 8:27; Persian queen sat on throne with the king, Neh. 2:6.
Patriotic: Miriam, Ex. 15:20; Deborah, Judg. 5; women of Israel, 1 Sam. 18:6; of the Philistines, 2 Sam. 1:20.
Aid in defensive operations, Judg. 9:53.
As poets: Miriam, Ex. 15:21; Deborah, Judg. 5; Haah, 1 Sam. 2:1-10; Elisabeth, Luke 1:42-45; Mary, Luke 1:46-55.
As prophets: Miriam, Ex. 15:20, 21; Mic. 6:4; Deborah, Judg. 4:4, 5; Huldah, 2 Kin. 22:14-20; 2 Chr. 34:22-28; Noadiah, Neh. 6:14; Aa, Luke 2:36-38; Philip's daughters, Acts 21:9.
False prophets, Ezek. 13:17-23.
In business, Prov. 31:14-18, 24.
Property rights of: In inheritance, Num. 27:1-11; 36; Josh. 17:3-6; Job 42:15; to sell real estate, Ruth 4:3-9.
Sold for husband's debts, Matt. 18:25.
First to sin, Gen. 3:6.
Last at the cross, Matt. 27:55, 56; Mark 15:40, 41.
First at the sepulcher, Mark 15:46, 47; 16:1-6; Luke 23:27, 28, 49, 55, 56; 24:1-10.
First to whom the risen Lord appeared, Mark 16:9; John 20:14-18.
Converted by preaching of Paul, Acts 16:14, 15; 17:4, 12, 34.
Social status of: In Persia, Esth. 1:10-22; Dan. 5:1-12; in Roman customs, Acts 24:24; 25:13, 23; 26:30.
Unclassified Scriptures Relating to
Gen. 2:18, 21-24; Gen. 3:16; Esth. 1:20-22; Psa. 68:11; Prov. 11:16, 22; Prov. 12:4; Prov. 14:1; Prov. 18:22; Prov. 19:13, 14; Prov. 21:9, 19 Prov. 25:24. Prov. 27:15, 16; Prov. 30:21-23; Prov. 31:10-31; Eccl. 7:26-28; Isa. 3:16-24; Isa. 32:9-12; Ezek. 13:17-23; 1 Cor. 11:3-15; 1 Cor. 14:34, 35; 1 Tim. 2:9-15 Psa. 68:11. 1 Tim. 3:11; 1 Tim. 5:1-16; 2 Tim. 3:6, 7; Tit. 2:3-5 See: Widow; Wife.
See also Husbands; Parents.
Good
Instances of:
Deborah, a judge, prophetess, and military leader, Judg. 4; 5.
Mother of Samson, Judg. 13:23.
Naomi, Ruth 1; 2; 3:1.
Ruth, Ruth 1:4, 14-22, and Ruth 2-4.
Haah, the mother of Samuel, 1 Sam. 1:9-18, 24-28.
Widow of Zarephath, who fed Elijah during the famine, 1 Kin. 17:8-24.
The Shunammite, who gave hospitality to Elisha, 2 Kin. 4:8-38.
Vashti, Esth. 1:11, 12.
Esther, Esth. 4:15-17.
Mary, Luke 1:26-38.
Elisabeth, Luke 1:6, 41-45.
Aa, Luke 2:37.
The widow who cast her peies into the treasury, Mark 12:41-44; Luke 21:2-4.
Mary and Martha, Mark 14:3-9; Luke 10:42; John 11:5.
Mary Magdalene, Mark 16:1; Luke 8:2; John 20:1, 2, 11-16.
Pilate's wife, Matt. 27:19.
Dorcas, Acts 9:36.
Lydia, Acts 16:14.
Priscilla, Acts 18:26.
Phebe, Rom. 16:1, 2.
Julia, Rom. 16:15.
Mary, Rom. 16:6.
Lois and Eunice, 2 Tim. 1:5.
Philippians, Phil. 4:3.
Figurative:
Of the church of Christ, Psa. 45:2-15; Gal. 4:26; Rev. 12:1.
Of saints, Matt. 25:1-4; 2 Cor. 11:2; Rev. 14:4.
Wicked
2 Kin. 9:30-37; 23:7; Jer. 44:15-19, 25; Ezek. 8:14; Rom. 1:26.
Zeal of, in licentious practices of idolatry, 2 Kin. 23:7; Hos. 4:13, 14.
Guileful and licentious, Prov. 2:16-19; 5:3-20; 6:24-29, 32-35; 7:6-27; Eccl. 7:26; Ezek. 16:32.
Commits forgery, 1 Kin. 21:8.
Silly and wayward, 2 Tim. 3:6.
Instances of:
Eve, in yielding to temptation and seducing her husband, Gen. 3:6; 1 Tim. 2:14.
Sarah, in her jealousy and malice toward Hagar, Gen. 21:9-11, with vs. 12-21. Lot's wife, in her rebellion against her situation, and against the destruction of Sodom, Gen. 19:26; Luke 17:32.
The daughters of Lot, in their incestuous lust, Gen. 19:31-38.
Rebekah, in her partiality for Jacob, and her sharp practice to secure for him Isaac's blessing, Gen. 27:11-17.
Rachel, in her jealousy of Leah, Gen. 30:1; in stealing images, Gen. 31:19, 34.
Leah, in her imitation of Rachel in the matter of children, Gen. 30:9-18.
Dinah, in her fornication, Gen. 34:1, 2.
Tamar, in her adultery, Gen. 38:14-24.
Potiphar's wife, in her lascivious lust and slander against Joseph, Gen. 39:7-20.
Zipporah, in her persecution of Moses on account of his religious obligations, Ex. 4:25, 26.
Miriam, in her sedition with Aaron against Moses, Num. 12.
Rahab, in her harlotry, Josh. 2:1.
Delilah, in her conspiracy against Samson, Judg. 16:4-20.
Peniah, the wife of Elkanah, in her jealous taunting of Haah, 1 Sam. 1:4-8.
The Midianitish woman in the camp of Israel, taken in adultery, Num. 25:6-8.
Michal, in her derision of David's religious zeal, 2 Sam. 6:16, 20-23.
Bath-sheba, in her adultery, in becoming the wife of her husband's murderer, 2 Sam. 11:4, 5, 27; 12:9, 10.
Solomon's wives, in their idolatrous and wicked influence over Solomon, 1 Kin. 11:1-11; Neh. 13:26.
Jezebel, in her persecution and destruction of the prophets of the Lord, 1 Kin. 18:4, 13; in her persecution of Elijah, 1 Kin. 19:2; in her conspiracy against Naboth, to take his vineyard, 1 Kin. 21:1-16; in her evil counsels to, and influence over, Ahab, 1 Kin. 21:25, with vs. 17-27, and 2 Kin. 9:30-37.
The caibal mothers of Samaria, 2 Kin. 6:28, 29.
Athaliah, in destroying the royal household and usurping the throne, 2 Kin. 11:1-16; 2 Chr. 22:10, 12; 23:12-15.
The sodomites of Judah, 2 Kin. 23:7.
Noadiah, a false prophetess, in troubling the Jews when they were restoring Jerusalem, Neh. 6:14.
Haman's wife, in counseling him to hang Mordecai, Esth. 5:14; 6:13.
Job's wife, in counseling him to curse God, Job 2:9; 19:17.
The idolatrous wives of Hosea, Hos. 1:2, 3; 3:1.
Herodias, in her incestuous marriage with Herod, Matt. 14:3, 4; Mark 6:17-19; Luke 3:19; compassing the death of John the Baptist, Matt. 14:6-11; Mark 6:24-28.
The daughter of Herodias, in her complicity with her mother in securing the death of John the Baptist, Matt. 14:8; Mark 6:18-28.
Sapphira, in her blasphemous falsehood, Acts 5:2-10.
The woman taken in adultery and brought to Jesus in the temple, John 8:1-11.
Figurative:
Of backsliding, Jer. 6:2; Rev. 17:4, 18.
Of the wicked, Isa. 32:9, 11; Matt. 25:1-13.
Symbolical:
Of wickedness, Zech. 5:7, 8; Rev. 17; 19:2.
See: Wife.